POLAND — First, the unprecedented. Poland football has opened the season with the most prolific stretch in school history, scoring 112 points in three games. One-sided wins over Lake Region and Freeport have been sandwiched around a 29-point comeback that ended in a last-second loss at Cape Elizabeth. And now, the unlikely. The Knights have […]
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Field hockey: Falcons turn away Knights
POLAND — Heart-wrenching, pulse-pounding games have been the norm for Poland this season. Thursday was no different. The Knights watched the ball tiptoe along the goal line behind Freeport keeper Morgan Karnes with time winding down in regulation. Some players in the goalmouth started to celebrate, but the ball never crossed the line. Karnes dove […]
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High school roundup: Leavitt edges Nokomis in boys’ soccer
TURNER — Tyler Roux converted a pass from Evan Clark with 27 minutes left in regulation to give Leavitt a 1-0 victory over Nokomis in a KVAC boys’ soccer tilt Tuesday. Ben Fullerton made four saves to notch the shutout, while Nick Bolliger deflected 13 shots between the posts for Nokomis (2-4). Lewiston 6, Mt. […]
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RSU 4 joins Poland, Gray-New Gloucester for joint hockey team
WALES — After a several-year hiatus, hockey is back. Regional School Unit 4 students will play with the 26ers out of Poland and Gray-New Gloucester on a cooperative, Class A team after the school board approved the proposal earlier this month. There’s no cost to the local district for the first two years, according to […]
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Nel Bernard named inaugural winner of the Amanda Dempsey Award
LEWISTON — Four-time melanoma survivor Nel Bernard of Poland has been named the winner of the 2014 Amanda Dempsey Award presented by Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer. The award, which has been renamed in memory of Amanda Dempsey, is given to a Maine cancer survivor involved in community outreach who demonstrates a passion for helping others […]
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Drug drop-off in Poland and Turner on Saturday
LEWISTON — Law enforcement authorities are asking anyone with unused and unwanted prescription medications to bring them to two locations in Androscoggin County on Saturday. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department is participating in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On Saturday, deputies will be the Poland substation at 1231 Main St. and at the Turner […]
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H.S. soccer notebook: Progress in Poland
Drawing soccer powers like Yarmouth and Cape Elizabeth to start the season isn’t the best of scenarios for any team. That’s what the schedule looked like for the Poland boys. The Knights lost to Yarmouth 7-0 on opening night, and then lost to Cape 4-1 in the third game of the season. The Knights didn’t […]
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Field hockey: King scores twice, Knights top Patriots
POLAND — A stick to the nose ultimately woke Carly King up during Poland High School field hockey’s early-morning contest Saturday. King caught a high stick early in the second half and was forced to the sideline for a brief moment to tend to her injury. There was no stopping her when she returned just […]
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Knights finish off Falcons
POLAND — Those endless, streaming yellow flags, key turnovers and errant passes that never found a receiver’s hands were all part of a game in which Poland had little difficulty putting together a 41-12 victory over Freeport on Friday night. The gory details don’t add up to a hill of beans, though, because the Knights […]
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H.S. boys’ soccer: Poland rallies for win over Traip
POLAND — Patrtick Kuklinski rushed to the net, hoping something — anything — might happen. A seemingly harmless shot by Tom Flint in the closing seconds of Thursday’s game turned into something memorable. Kuklinski collected the rebound and put it home with three seconds left to lift the Poland boys’ soccer team to a 3-2 […]